It's finally here – Kia Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., a joint venture between Kia Corporation and Bermaz Auto Berhad (BAuto), has rolled out their first locally-assembled (CKD) Kia model under the new partnership at the Inokom plant in Kulim, Kedah, and it's a 2022 Kia Carnival! Soon to be officially launched – though previewed earlier at our WapCar Auto Show Exhibition earlier this month – the CKD Carnival will be available in 7- and 8-seater configurations. Prices for the CKD Kia Carnival in Malaysia ar

For those looking for a large, upmarket people mover, the 2022 Kia Carnival is a good alternative over a recond Toyota Alphard / Toyota Vellfire with a questionable vehicle history. Or at least that is how things appear on the surface. After all, the Carnival seems to tick all the right boxes, right? With prices starting from below the RM 200k mark, yet offers 202 PS of power wrapped in an unconventional body with a well-crafted cabin, there's a lot going for the Carnival. Except for two small i

2022 Toyota Veloz to replace Avanza in Malaysia To be locally-assembled (CKD) alongside 2022 Perodua Alza Unlike Rush-Aruz, the Avanza’s successor (Veloz) will be quite different from the D27A 2022 Perodua Alza The Toyota Avanza is not going away at all, despite the impression given by UMW Toyota Motor’s (UMWT) contract manufacturer Perodua at a recent press conference, which we have to emphasize, was done with good reasons to protect UMWT’s confidentiality, more on that later. During last week’

Importation of used cars, colloquially referred to as ‘recond cars’, are open to rampant abuse as there is no coordination between the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), which gives out the Open APs used by recond dealers to import cars, and the Customs Department, which clears the vehicles’ paperwork at their port of entry. This is according to the Auditor-General’s second series of the 2019 report released today. According to the report, the National Audit Department had on 2

Alongside the Fortuner facelift, the locally-assembled (CKD) 2021 Toyota Innova three-row MPV facelift is the other half of a pair of new models launched today by UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) and prices start from RM 111,622. The 2021 Toyota Innova is available with three variants and all variants see a price increase of between RM 1,588 and RM 4,119. The prices stated below are excluded from SST which is valid until 30-June 2021. 2021 Toyota Innova facelift price list Variants Price 2.0 E (AT) RM 11

It is no secret that Malaysia’s MPV market, and budget seven-seater SUV market, for non-domestic brands isn’t doing too well. In recent years choices in the sub-RM100,000 people carrier has been declining. While the Toyota Avanza, Rush, and Perodua Aruz are jostling for a small number of buyers, the oddball Toyota Sienta went the way of the Honda Freed. Speaking of Honda, it turns out the BR-V isn’t living up to expectations either. On the domestic carmaker front, it is business as usual, if “as